India from mid 18th to mid 19th Century Course Code: EHI-05 (2022-23) ENGLISH

Assignment
TMA
India from mid 18th to mid 19th Century
Course Code: EHI-05
Assignement Code: EHI-05/AST/TMA/2022-23
Total Marks: 100
Note: All sections are compulsory. Marks are indicated against each question.
DCQ: Answer any two questions in about 500 words each.
1. Discuss the main ideas of the Orientalists and the Utilitarians. Did they fulfill the
objective of building the British Empire? 20
2. Mysore and Hyderabad took different trajectories of state formation. Discuss. 20
3. What do you understand by the term deindustrialization during the colonial rule? 20
4. Discuss the Hindi-Urdu controversy. Did it assume communal overtones? 20
MCQ: Answer any four questions in about 250 words each.
5. What was the role of the ‘rule of law’ in shaping the British policy in the late 18th and
early 19th centuries? 12
6. Discuss the failure of the 1857 revolt. 12
7. Was the 18th century in India a ‘dark age’? Comment. 12
8. What was the impact of the Charter Act of 1833? Discuss. 12
9. Did the Permanent Settlement fulfill its objectives? Comment. 12
10. Were the Burma Wars able to fulfill the objectives of the British? 12
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11. Discuss the role of Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar in taking forward the social reforms
in India. 12
12. Comment on the rise of the novel in India. 12
13. SCQ: Write short notes on any two of the following: 6+6
a. Raja Rammohun Roy
b. Ryotwari Settlement
c. Afghan Wars of the British
d. the nature of the Maratha state